@copper said in What China Really Wants: So they don't want to be second place losers. M(A)CGA!

@jon-nyc said in $5000 per tent per month...: LD you’re forgetting the incentive effects. If any SFer who makes himself homeless were to get a free apartment there would be a gazillion more homeless. Better remedy: buy cheaper tents. I can outfit them for $3K per tent per month. I’ll toss in a Cara Dune Sleeping Bag as well...

I thought this was going to be about that one dog I saw that one time who I thought a perfect name for would be Bosch.

I'm afraid short is the only way he can sell himself...

I saw that earlier and forwarded to D2. She said, "I know it’s early still, but I’ve been reading other long haulers say they’ve improved too. Not back to baseline, but better. "

@axtremus said in Four banks, four weeks...: @mik said in Four banks, four weeks...: And are a big factor in this sort of crap happening. What sort of crap? The other media outlets not reporting certain stories is not making National File publish crap articles. This “news” reported by National File is so far devoid of due diligence and devoid of fact checking. You think a fairly decent size internet business being turned down by multiple banks is a crap story? Lemmee see...Seems to me that banks are in the business to make money, so if a business comes to you, especially a business with a high growth potential, and the bank won't do business with them, you think political red-lining is a crap story? Dude, put the crack pipe down and lay off of the China Girl, because you're out of your rabid arse mind.

Economic competition. Note the target market for the campaign: They present themselves as academic publications and are aimed at the Middle East, Asia and Africa, offering comment on the U.S.’s role in the world.

When we were in Amsterdam almost 4 years ago we rode the trams all the time. My son wanted to make a point to ride each of their 15 or so lines. Toward the end of our stay he and I made a superfluous trip around the city just to hit the last couple of lines that we hadn’t had occasion to take. #8yearolds

They were quite useful when they were dropped in the same drop zone as the paratroopers. No use behind German lines such as occurred during Market Garden in '44.

“Ukraine hoax” isn’t that a Trumpist fantasy, not a blue one?

And Mr. Potato Head breaks his silence... [image: 157551422_1834209986748479_8444235682830729275_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=qi2dILkO6lcAX97uoVl&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=3745404d4a52886d0d2e59a88dd5f236&oe=606C2820]

@rich said in 2.9MM shots today: Does this represent people who have had both doses, or just one? I think the graph is shots per day, not accounting for people.

@george-k said in Well, this is interesting...: Yeah, update? Normal sinus rhythm. Still running some low grade temps. She's still snoozing this morning, although she wants to play for church, dragging her wound vac with her. Her cardiologist said he thought she could take the second shot, if she had rescue meds on hand. I'd like to remind him the reason he became her cardiologist, was because of severe chest pain due to a reaction to Imitrex...The wife has some oddball reaction to medications...Toradol taken at home post rotator cuff surgery landed her in the ED with a severe reaction. She's had COVID. She's had one shot. She and her sister both reacted violently to the first vaccination. I don't think either will take the second.

One thing- definitely read lots of reviews on any all inclusive resort to get info on the free activities. We barely used any because of the age of my son, so I can’t really comment. But I can imagine them being limited in capacity and it being hard to sign up for the coolest activities before they fill up for the day or week.

@friday +1 Jon, that's not a description of what Aqua's sister does in Germany.

@aqua-letifer said in "POLICE SQUAD!" (In Color): Holy hell. Just... find it. My two favorite scenes: The chimpanzee going nuts in the freeze frame at the end of one episode. The tall detective whose head is outside of the frame that has "something on the corner of his mouth".

@jon-nyc I am still waiting to qualify in Oregon. My wife has had it (teacher) and my middle has had it (she just signed up at a pharmacy signing something attesting that she was eligible and then noted she was dealing with the public every day at her job, which was true).